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Rock Reviews 2020
BON JOVI – 2020
SIMON COLLINS – Becoming Human
PEARL JAM – Gigaton
STAGMAN – Kejsarens Nya Kläder
Rock Reviews 2019
ALAN PARSONS – The Secret
RENE SHADES – Teenage Heart Attacks & Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven
Rock Reviews 2018
THE STRUTS – Young & Dangerous
STAGMAN – Moder Jord
JOE PERRY – Sweetzerland Manifesto
RICK SPRINGFIELD – The Snake King
Rock Reviews 2017
DAN REED – Confessions
THE PATRIK JANSSON BAND – So Far To Go
RIVERDOGS – California
STAGMAN – Är Ni Kvar Där Ute?
Rock Reviews 2016
THIRSTY – Albatross
BON JOVI – This House Is Not For Sale
MEAT LOAF – Braver Than We Are
APOLLO UNDER FIRE – Apollo Under Fire
STEVEN TYLER – We’re All Somebody From Somewhere
HEART – Beautiful Broken
BADGE – If It Hurts It Must Be Good
Rock Reviews 2015
BRYAN ADAMS – Get Up!
LOCOMOTIVE – Organic
KEITH RICHARDS – Crosseyed Heart
BLACKMORE’S NIGHT – All Our Yesterdays
DIAMOND DOGS – Quitters And Complainers
THE NORTHERN COWBOYS – Whole Lotta Country
WHISKEYDICK – Welcome To YeeHaw County
DAN REED – Transmission
ERIC SARDINAS & BIG MOTOR – Boomerang
RICHIE KOTZEN – Cannibals
Rock Reviews 2014
BILLY IDOL – Kings And Queens Of The Underground
MARTIN PRAHL – River Ocean Wide
BERNIE MARSDEN – Shine
THE TREWS – The Trews
THE NORTHERN COWBOYS – North Bound
THE PATRIK JANSSON BAND – Here We Are
HEART OF STONES – Heart Of Stones
MIKE OLDFIELD – Man On The Rocks
Rock Reviews 2013
BADGE – If I Could Love, I’d Love This
BLACKMORE’S NIGHT – Dancer And The Moon
PEARL JAM – Lightning Bolt
THE BLACK SPIDERS – This Savage Land
DAN REED – Signal Fire
Rock Reviews 2012
DIAMOND DOGS – Set Fire To It All
HEART – Fanatic
Rock Reviews 2011
THE TREWS – Hope And Ruin
Rock Reviews 2010
KID ROCK – Born Free
DAN REED – Coming Up For Air
BLACKMORE’S NIGHT – Autumn Sky
Classic Rock
Classic Rock Reviews 2023
BLACK STONE CHERRY – Screamin’ At The Sky
GRETA VAN FLEET – Starcatcher
ALICE COOPER – Road
MATS KARLSSON – Mood Elevator
RIVAL SONS – Darkfighter
Arjen Lucassen’s SUPERSONIC REVOLUTION – Golden Age Of Music
THE ANSWER – Sundowners
THE WINERY DOGS – III
ELECTRIC BOYS – Grand Explosivos
BLACK STAR RIDERS – Wrong Side Of Paradise
BLACK PAISLEY – Human Nature
FUTURE ELEPHANTS? – The Past Was A Blast…
Classic Rock Reviews 2022
ENUFF Z’NUFF – Finer Than Sin
PATRIK JANSSON – Game Changer
THE CULT – Under The Midnight Sun
SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE – Crazy Times
THE DEAD DAISIES – Radiance
DAN REED NETWORK – Let’s Hear It For The King
JORN – Over The Horizon Radar
GRAHAM BONNET BAND – Day Out In Nowhere
THUNDER – Dopamine
CHIP Z’NUFF – Perfectly Imperfect
FM – Thirteen
Classic Rock Reviews 2021
LAND OF GYPSIES – Land Of Gypsies
ENUFF Z’NUFF – Enuff Z’Nuff’s Hardrock Nite
INGLORIOUS – Heroine
LONG SHADOWS DAWN – Isle Of Wrath
BLACKBERRY SMOKE – You Hear Georgia
ELECTRIC BOYS – Upside Down
REACH – The Promise Of A Life
GRETA VAN FLEET – The Battle At Garden’s Gate
ADRIAN SMITH / RICHIE KOTZEN – Smith/Kotzen
THUNDER – All The Right Noises
PETER HERMANSSON – Second Glance
ALICE COOPER – Detroit Stories
PRINS SVART – Sanning/Makt
THE NOVA HAWKS – Redemption
INGLORIOUS – We Will Ride
THE DEAD DAISIES – Holy Ground
Classic Rock Reviews 2020
AC/DC – PWR/UP
BLACK STONE CHERRY – The Human Condition
THE STRUTS – Strange Days
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT – The Symbol Remains
ACE FREHLEY – Origins Vol. 2
DEEP PURPLE – WHOOSH!
PRINS SVART – Under Jord
ELECTRIC MOB – Discharge
AXEL RUDI PELL – Sign Of The Times
FUTURE ELEPHANTS? – Humans Passin’ Thru
Classic Rock Reviews 2019
MATS KARLSSON – The Time Optimist
GRAND SLAM – Hit The Ground
AIRBOURNE – Boneshaker
MICHAEL MONROE – One Man Gang
DIAMOND DOGS – Recall Rock ‘n’ Roll & The Magic Soul
TOM KEIFER BAND – Rise
BLACK STAR RIDERS – Another State Of Grace
THE NEW ROSES – Nothing But Wild
CALEB JOHNSON & THE RAMBLIN’ SAINTS – Born From Southern Ground
HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES – Rise
SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE – Space Between
PRINS SVART – Inte Här För Att Stanna
WHITESNAKE – Flesh & Blood
THE QUIREBOYS – Amazing Disgrace
THE TREATMENT – Power Crazy
RIVAL SONS – Feral Roots
INGLORIOUS – Ride To Nowhere
Classic Rock Reviews 2018
ELECTRIC BOYS – The Ghost Ward Diaries
GRETA VAN FLEET – Anthem Of The Peaceful Army
ACE FREHLEY – Spaceman
NAZARETH – Tattooed On My Brain
FEDERAL CHARM – Passenger
PRINS SVART – Prins Svart
URIAH HEEP – Living The Dream
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA – Sometimes The World Ain’t Enough
GHOST – Prequelle
RYAN ROXIE – Imagine Your Reality
DOOMSDAY OUTLAW – Hard Times
LEE AARON – Diamond Baby Blues
BLACK STONE CHERRY – Family Tree
BLACKBERRY SMOKE – Find A Light
THE DEAD DAISIES – Burn It Down
LITTLE CAESAR – Eight
Classic Rock Reviews 2017
EMPIRE – Chasing Shadows
VANDENBERG’S MOONKINGS – MK II
EUROPE – Walk The Earth
BIGFOOT – Bigfoot
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION – BCCIV
DIRTY THRILLS – Heavy Living
ALICE COOPER – Paranormal
GREAT WHITE – Full Circle
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA – Amber Galactic
INGLORIOUS – II
RICHIE KOTZEN – Salting Earth
THUNDER – Rip It Up
DEEP PURPLE – Infinite
BLACK STAR RIDERS – Heavy Fire
JACK RUSSELL’S GREAT WHITE – He Saw It Comin’
Classic Rock Reviews 2016
THE ANSWER – Solas
GLENN HUGHES – Resonate
BLACKBERRY SMOKE – Like An Arrow
IDLEWAR – Impulse
AIRBOURNE – Breakin’ Outta Hell
RAVENEYE – Nova
SUICIDE BY TIGERS – Suicide By Tigers
THE QUIREBOYS – Twisted Love
JACKYL – ROWYCO
THE DEAD DAISIES – Make Some Noise
SCORPION CHILD – Acid Roulette
RIVAL SONS – Hollow Bones
JORN – Heavy Rock Radio
SPACE ELEVATOR – Space Elevator
ACE FREHLEY – Origins Vol. 1
BLACK STONE CHERRY – Kentucky
WOLFMOTHER – Victorious
INGLORIOUS – Inglorious
Classic Rock Reviews 2015
COLOUR OF NOISE – Colour Of Noise
MICHAEL MONROE – Blackout States
HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES – Hollywood Vampires
THE WINERY DOGS – Hot Streak
FEDERAL CHARM – Across The Divide
GHOST – Meliora
THE DEAD DAISIES – Revolución
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA – Skyline Whispers
WHITESNAKE – The Purple Album
LUCIFERIAN LIGHT ORCHESTRA – Luciferian Light Orchestra
MICHAEL SCHENKER’S TEMPLE OF ROCK – Spirit On A Mission
THE ANSWER – Raise A Little Hell
KID ROCK – First Kiss
UFO – A Conspiracy Of Stars
BLACK STAR RIDERS – The Killer Instinct
EUROPE – War Of Kings
THUNDER – Wonder Days
BLACKBERRY SMOKE – Holding All The Roses
Classic Rock Reviews 2014
AC/DC – Rock Or Bust
RED ZONE RIDER – Red Zone Rider
RATED X – Rated X
PHIL RUDD – Head Job
SLASH featuring MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS – World On Fire
JEFF LaBAR – One For The Road
KIX – Rock Your Face Off
HELIX – Bastard Of The Blues
BLACKWOLF – The Hunt
QUIREBOYS – Black Eyed Sons
RIVAL SONS – Great Western Valkyrie
WAMI – Kill The King
CALIFORNIA BREED – California Breed
BLACK STONE CHERRY – Magic Mountain
ELECTRIC BOYS – Starflight United
BIGELF – Into The Maelstrom
VANDENBERG’S MOONKINGS – Vandenberg’s Moonkings
Classic Rock Reviews 2013
THE DEAD DAISIES – The Dead Daisies
DREGEN – Dregen
THE ANSWER – New Horizon
SAMMY HAGAR – Sammy Hagar & Friends
JOHN WAITE – Live All Access
QUIREBOYS – Beautiful Curse
SCORPION CHILD – Scorpion Child
THE WINERY DOGS – The Winery Dogs
BLACK STAR RIDERS – All Hell Breaks Loose
AIRBOURNE – Black Dog Barking
TOM KEIFER – The Way Life Goes
DEEP PURPLE – Now What?!
GHOST – Infestissumam
S.U.N. – Something Unto Nothing
AUDREY HORNE – Youngblood
Classic Rock Reviews 2012
RICHIE KOTZEN – 24 Hours
U.F.O. – Seven Deadly
VAN HALEN – A Different Kind Of Truth
RED WHITE & BLUES – Shine
EUROPE – Bag Of Bones
SLASH – Apocalyptic Love
GREAT WHITE – Elation
KISS – Destroyer Resurrected
LITTLE CAESAR – American Dream
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA – Internal Affairs
BLACKBERRY SMOKE – The Whippoorwill
KISS – Monster
LYNYRD SKYNYRD – Last Of A Dyin’ Breed
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION – Afterglow
AEROSMITH – Music From Another Dimension
ZZ TOP – La Futura
KID ROCK – Rebel Soul
ADLER – Back From The Dead
RIVAL SONS – Head Down
Classic Rock Reviews 2011
THE ANSWER – Revival
DOOGIE WHITE – As Yet Untitled
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION – BCC II
BLACK STONE CHERRY – Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
BACKDRAFT – This Heaven Goes To Eleven
MICHAEL MONROE – Sensory Overdrive
ELECTRIC BOYS – And Them Boys Done Swang
NEW YORK DOLLS – Dancing Backward In High Heels
BRIAN ROBERTSON – Diamonds And Dirt
WHITESNAKE – Forevermore
JOHN WAITE – Rough And Tumble
Classic Rock Reviews 2010
SKIN – Breaking The Silence
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION – Black Country
HEART – Red Velvet Car
SLASH – Slash
Classic Rock Reviews 2009
ENUFF Z’NUFF – Dissonance
LITTLE CAESAR – Redemption
Hard Rock
Hard Rock Reviews 2024
NUBIAN ROSE – Amen
Hard Rock Reviews 2023
ECLIPSE – Megalomanium
KING KOBRA – We Are Warriors
MAMMOTH WVH – Mammoth II
SHAKRA – Invincible
JOEL HOEKSTRA’S 13 – Crash Of Life
BUCKCHERRY – Vol. 10
EXTREME – Six
SWEET & LYNCH – Heart & Sacrifice
HEAVEN’S EDGE – Got It Right
L.A. GUNS – Black Diamonds
LORDI – Screem Writers Guild
LAST IN LINE – Jericho
STEEL PANTHER – On The Prowl
WINGER – Seven
WIG WAM – Out Of The Dark
ELECTRIC MOB – 2 Make U Cry & Dance
VANDENBERG – Sin
CROWNE – Operation Phoenix
RONNIE ATKINS – Trinity
PRINS SVART – Till Vårt Försvar
JASON BIELER & THE BARON VON BIELSKI ORCHESTRA – Postcards From The Asylum
Hard Rock Reviews 2022
LEE AARON – Elevate
NICKELBACK – Get Rollin’
MASSIVE WAGONS – Triggered
JOHN NORUM – Gone To Stay
THE NEW ROSES – Sweet Poison
FANS OF THE DARK – Suburbia
ALTER BRIDGE – Pawns & Kings
ORIANTHI – Rock Candy
SKID ROW – The Gang’s All Here
LILLIAN AXE – From Womb To Tomb
ICONIC – Second Skin
MICHAEL MONROE – I Live Too Fast To Die Young
BLOODY HEELS – Rotten Romance
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP – Universal
NORDIC UNION – Animalistic
AXEL RUDI PELL – Lost XXIII
JAVA KICKBACK – The Shadow Of A Papermill
BLACK SWAN – Generation Mind
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR – Abrakadabra
RUST N’ RAGE – One For The Road
SAFFIRE – Taming The Hurricane
CRASHDÏET – Automaton
GHOST – Impera
SCORPIONS – Rock Believer
MICK WHITE – Something’s Got To Give
GIRISH AND THE CHRONICLES – Hail To The Heroes
SLASH Feat. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS – 4
ZINNY ZAN – Lullabies For The Masses
RONNIE ATKINS – Make It Count
TONY MARTIN – Thorns
Hard Rock Reviews 2021
THE MURDER OF MY SWEET – A Gentleman’s Legacy
LORDI – Lordiversity: The Box Set
LORDI – Lordiversity (Spooky Sextravaganza Spectacular & Masterbeast From The Moon)
LORDI – Lordiversity (Abusement Park & Skeletric Dinosaur)
LORDI – Lordiversity (Superflytrap & Abracadaver)
L.A. GUNS – Checkered Past
TONY MITCHELL – Hot Endless Summer Nights
ALCATRAZZ – V
JEFF SCOTT SOTO – The Duets Collection Vol. 1
LEVERAGE – Above The Beyond
WAYWARD SONS – Even Up The Score
KING ZEBRA – Survivors
MILLION – Back On Track
THE WILDHEARTS – 21st Century Love Songs
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN – Parabellum
LEE AARON – Radio On!
RESURRECTION KINGS – Skygazer
BUCKCHERRY – Hellbound
JAKOB SAMUEL – COEXIST
MAMMOTH WVH – Mammoth WVH
TEMPLE BALLS – Pyromide
THE TREATMENT – Waiting For Good Luck
INFINITE & DIVINE – Silver Lining
THE END MACHINE – Phase2
KREEK – Kreek
Joel Hoeckstra’s 13 – Running Games
INDIFFERENT – Nocturnal Thoughts
MSG – Immortal
JASON BIELER & THE BARON VON BIELSKI ORCHESTRA – Songs For The Apocalypse
RONNIE ATKINS – One Shot
WIG WAM – Never Say Die
Hard Rock Reviews 2020
ALIEN – Into The Future
REB BEACH – A View From The Inside
ORIANTHI – O
HELL IN THE CLUB – Hell Of Fame
STRYPER – Even The Devil Believes
BLACK ROSE MAZE – Black Rose Maze
ALCATRAZZ – Born Innocent
MICHAEL GRANT & THE ASSASSINS – Always The Villain
SHINING BLACK Feat. MARK BOALS & OLAF THORSEN – Shining Black
BLOODY HEELS – Ignite The Sky
JESSICA WOLFF – Para Dice
SMACKBOUND – 20/20
VANDENBERG – 2020
BONFIRE – Fistful Of Fire
GOTTHARD – # 13
SHAKRA – Mad World
BIFF BYFORD – School Of Hard Knocks
COLLATERAL – Collateral
BLACK SWAN – Shake The World
LORDI – Killection: A Fictional Compilation Album
JORN – Heavy Rock Radio II: Executing The Classics
DIRTY SHIRLEY – Dirty Shirley
BRITISH LION – The Burning
Hard Rock Reviews 2019
A NEW TOMORROW – Universe
SHARK ISLAND – Bloodline
QUIET RIOT – Hollywood Cowboys
ALTER BRIDGE – Walk The Sky
WAYWARD SONS – The Truth Ain’t What It Used To Be
FLYING COLORS – Third Degree
STEEL PANTHER – Heavy Metal Rules
CORELEONI – II
PRETTY MAIDS – Undress Your Madness
KXM – Circle Of Dolls
CRASHDÏET – Rust
MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST – Revelation
ROXY BLUE – Roxy Blue
SPREAD EAGLE – Subway To The Stars
NEAL MORSE – Jesus Christ The Exorcist
THE BRINK – Nowhere To Run
RESTLESS SPIRITS – Restless Spirits
THE WILDHEARTS – Renaissance Men
LEVERAGE – DeterminUs
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN – Blue Lightning
L.A. GUNS – The Devil You Know
BURNING RAIN – Face The Music
THE END MACHINE – The End Machine
BUCKCHERRY – Warpaint
TESLA – Shock
ROCK GODDESS – This Time
BACKYARD BABIES – Sliver And Gold
TORA TORA – Bastards Of Beale
WEST BOUND – Volume 1
LAST IN LINE – II
STARBREAKER – Dysphoria
JETBOY – Born To Fly
KANE ROBERTS – The New Normal
Hard Rock Reviews 2018
STEPHEN PEARCY – View To A Thrill
RED DRAGON CARTEL – Patina
HOLTER – Vlad The Impaler
CITY OF THIEVES – Beast Reality
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR – You Can’t Kill My Rock ‘n’ Roll
SLASH Featuring MYLES KENNEDY & THE NEW CONSPIRATORS – Living The Dream
DREAM CHILD – Until Death Do We Meet Again
GRAHAM BONNET BAND – Meanwhile, Back In The Garage
THE SOUL EXCHANGE – Edge Of Sanity
JIZZY PEARL (of LOVE/HATE) – All You Need Is Soul
SHINEDOWN – Attention! Attention!
SAFFIRE – Where The Monsters Dwell
MUSTASCH – Silent Killer
RON KEEL – Metal Cowboy
BULLETBOYS – From Out Of The Skies
AXEL RUDI PELL – Knights Call
FELSKINN – Mind Over Matter
MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST – Resurrection
ANIMAL DRIVE – Bite
CORELEONI – The Greatest Hits Part 1
REVERTIGO – ReVertigo
AUDREY HORNE – Blackout
Hard Rock Reviews 2017
PRETTY BOY FLOYD – Public Enemies
WARRIOR SOUL – Back On The Lash
SHAKRA – Snakes And Ladders
PINK CREAM 69 – Headstrong
SWEET & LYNCH – Unified
STRANGERS – Tonight
L.A. GUNS – The Missing Peace
COLDSPELL – A New World Arise
EVERY MOTHER’S NIGHTMARE – Grind
GUN – Favourite Pleasures
LYNCH MOB – The Brotherhood
HELL IN THE CLUB – See You On The Dark Side
WAYWARD SONS – Ghosts Of Yet To Come
BABYLON A.D. – Revelation Highway
STEELHEART – Through Worlds Of Stardust
JANET GARDNER – Janet Gardner
HINDER – The Reign
WRAITH – Revelation
QUIET RIOT – Road Rage
EVILYN STRANGE – Idiom
NICKELBACK – Feed The Machine
EZOO – Feeding The Beast
MEAN STREAK – Blind Faith
JORN – Life On Death Road
RADIATION ROMEOS – Radiation Romeos
WARRANT – Louder Harder Faster
ADRENALINE RUSH – Soul Survivor
BONFIRE – Byte The Bullet
STEEL PANTHER – Lower The Bar
STEPHEN PEARCY – Smash
GOTTHARD – Silver
Hard Rock Reviews 2016
HEVIDENCE – Nobody’s Fault
SIXX A.M. – Prayers For The Blessed Vol. 2
PRETTY MAIDS – Kingmaker
DEE SNIDER – We Are The Ones
SWEET CREATURE – The Devil Knows My Name
LORDI – Monstereophonic: Theaterror Vs. Demonarchy
Q5 – New World Order
WITHEM – The Unforgiving Road
TOXICROSE – Total Tranquility
SIXX A.M. – Prayers For The Damned, Vol. 1
SHOTGUN – Live – Down Decadencia Drive
SHIRAZ LANE – For Crying Out Loud
LITA FORD – Time Capsule
THE TREATMENT – Generation Me
MARYSCREEK – Infinity
EVILYN STRANGE – Evilution
LAST IN LINE – Heavy Crown
THE CULT – Hidden City
RESURRECTION KINGS – Resurrection Kings
AXEL RUDI PELL – Game Of Sins
Hard Rock Reviews 2015
SAFFIRE – For The Greater Good
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA – Letters From The Labyrinth
W.A.S.P. – Golgotha
VOODOO VEGAS – Hyonotise
MUSTASCH – Testosterone
SHINEDOWN – Threat To Survival
BACKYARD BABIES – Four By Four
MOTÖRHEAD – Bad Magic
LYNCH MOB – Rebel
BUCKCHERRY – ROCK N ROLL
LIKE A STORM – Awaken The Fire
SKINTRADE – Scarred For Life
BLACKLIST UNION – Back To Momo
BULLETBOYS – Elefanté
HINDER – When The Smoke Clears
DEFY ALL REASON – The Road Ahead
DYGITALS – Dynamite
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR – HCSS
TONY MILLS – Over My Dead Body
SCORPIONS – Return To Forever
BUMBLEFOOT – Little Brother Is Watching
JORN LANDE & TROND HOLTER present DRACULA – Swing Of Death
SWEET & LYNCH – Only To Rise
Hard Rock Reviews 2014
LYNCH MOB – Sun Red Sun
NICKELBACK – No Fixed Address
LORDI – Scare Force One
FREAK KITCHEN – Cooking With Pagans
AUDREY HORNE – Pure Heavy
ALLEN / LANDE – The Great Divide
CRASH MIDNIGHT – Lost In The City
220 VOLT – Walking In Starlight
CRAZY LIXX – Crazy Lixx
NUBIAN ROSE – Mental Revolution
FLYING COLORS – Second Nature
GRAND THEFT CULTURE – Grand Theft Culture
CRUCIFIED BARBARA – In The Red
UNISONIC – Light Of Dawn
ACE FREHLEY – Space Invader
QUIET RIOT – 10
TESLA – Simplicity
KXM – KXM
MASSIVE – Full Throttle
GOTTHARD – BANG!
STEEL PANTHER – All You Can Eat
WINGER – Better Days Comin’
LANEY’S LEGION – Laney’s Legion
PRETTY MAIDS – Louder Than Ever
SKINTRADE – Refueled
RED DRAGON CARTEL- Red Dragon Cartel
AXEL RUDI PELL – Into The Storm
MUSTASCH – Thank You For The Demon
Hard Rock Reviews 2013
MALICE IN WONDERLAND – The Royal Brigade
AYREON – The Theory Of Everything
FATE – If Not For The Devil
HEAVEN’S BASEMENT – Filthy Empire
STRYPER – No More Hell To Pay
MICHAEL SCHENKER’S TEMPLE OF ROCK – Bridge The Gap
LYNAM – Halfway To Hell
MOTÖRHEAD – Aftershock
DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE – A LOVECRAFTIAN ROCK OPERA
CASABLANCA – Riding A Black Swan
COLDSPELL – Frozen Paradise
MICHAEL MONROE – Horns And Halos
EVILYN STRANGE – Mourning Phoebe
KING KOBRA – II
KEE MARCELLO – Judas Kiss
STRYPER – Second Coming
PRETTY MAIDS – Motherland
VOODOO CIRCLE – More Than One Way Home
LORDI – To Beast Or Not To Beast
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR – C’mon Take On Me
KROKUS – Dirty Dynamite
BUCKCHERRY – Confessions
CRASHDÏET – The Savage Playground
Hard Rock Reviews 2012
STEEL PANTHER – Balls Out
FLYING COLORS – Flying Colors
CASABLANCA – Apocalyptic Youth
NICKELBACK – Here And Now
ERIC CARR – Unfinished Business
KEE MARCELLO – Redux: Europe
LILLIAN AXE – XI: The Day Before Tomorrow
MUSTASCH – Sounds Like Hell, Looks Like Heaven
DYNAZTY – Sultans Of Sin
VENGEANCE – Crystal Eye
AXEL RUDI PELL – Circle Of The Oath
CRAZY LIXX – Riot Avenue
CAVO – Thick As Thieves
THE CULT – Choice Of Weapon
GOTTHARD – Firebirth
LITA FORD – Living Like A Runaway
DOKKEN – Broken Bones
GUN – Break The Silence
DANKO JONES – Rock And Roll Is Black And Blue
STEVE HARRIS – British Lion
WHITE FLAME – Cougar
GEOFF TATE – Kings And Thieves
T & N – Slave To The Empire
SOUNDGARDEN – King Animal
SIDEBURN – IV Monument
DEMON – Unbroken
HINDER – Welcome To The Freakshow
CHRIS HOLMES – Nothing To Lose
Hard Rock Reviews 2011
FATE – Ghosts From The Past
CHICKENFOOT – III
BURN HALO – Up From The Ashes
DYNAZTY – Knock You Down
BLACK ‘N BLUE – Hell Yeah!
WARRANT – Rockaholic
SIXX A.M. – This Is Gonna Hurt
KING KOBRA – King Kobra
MICHAEL SCHENKER – Temple Of Rock
HURTSMILE – Hurtsmile
STRYPER – The Covering
MOTÖRHEAD – The Wörld Is Yours
Hard Rock Reviews 2010
ALTER BRIDGE – A.B. III
HINDER – All American Nightmare
TNT – A Farewell To Arms
LORDI – Babez For Breakfast
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR – Split Your Lip
VINCE NEIL – Tattoos And Tequila
BUCKCHERRY – All Night Long
LILLIAN AXE – Deep Red Shadows
SCORPIONS – Sting In The Tail
RATT – Infestation
AXEL RUDI PELL – The Crest
CRASHDÏET – Generation Wild
JOHN NORUM – Play Yard Blues
PRETTY MAIDS – Pandemonium
Y&T – Facemelter
Hard Rock Reviews 2009
ALLEN / LANDE – The Showdown
Melodic Rock
Melodic Rock Reviews 2023
VEGA – Battlelines
SKAGARACK – Heart And Soul
DEGREED – Public Address
TONY MITCHELL – Radio Heartbeat
GARDNER-JAMES – No Strings
ART NATION – Inception
REVOLUTION SAINTS – Eagle Flight
DEMONS DOWN – I Stand
FIRST SIGNAL – Face Your Fears
MIDNITE CITY – In At The Deep End
ROBIN McAULEY – Alive
THE DEFIANTS – Drive
TEN – Something Wicked This Way Comes
Melodic Rock Reviews 2022
REMEDY – Something That Your Eyes Won’t See
SABU – Banshee
AUTOGRAPH – Beyond
WHITE SKIES – Black Tide
PERFECT PLAN – Brace For Impact
HOUSE OF LORDS – Saints And Sinners
TABOO – Taboo
SUNSTORM – Brothers In Arms
H.E.A.T – Force Majeure
WILDNESS – Resurrection
DEF LEPPARD – Diamond Star Halos
SKILLS – Different Worlds
DeVICIOUS – Black Heart
TEN – Here Be Monsters
DEGREED – Are You Ready
KISSIN’ DYNAMITE – Not The End Of The Road
EDGE OF FOREVER – Seminole
GIANT – Shifting Time
MAGNUM – The Monster Roars
TREAT – The Endgame
OUT OF THIS WORLD – Out Of This World
AT THE MOVIES – The Soundtrack To Your Life Vol. II: The Best Of 90’s Movie Hits
Melodic Rock Reviews 2021
RADIOACTIVE – XXX
LORDI – Lordiversity: Humanimals
VEGA – Anarchy And Unity
CIRCUS OF ROCK – Come One, Come All
NIGHT RANGER – ATBPO
ECLIPSE – Wired
CRAZY LIXX – Street Lethal
HARDLINE – Heart, Mind And Soul
KING COMPANY – Trapped
CROWNE – Kings In The North
PROUD – Second Act
ROBIN McAULEY – Standing On The Edge
CHEAP TRICK – In Another World
SUNSTORM – Afterlife
ARC OF LIFE – Arc Of Life
CHEZ KANE – Chez Kane
OUT OF THIS WORLD – Out Of This World
3.2 – Third Impression
W.E.T. – Retransmission
Melodic Rock Reviews 2020
JEFF SCOTT SOTO – Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)
STARDUST – Highway To Heartbreak
WILDNESS – Ultimate Demise
AT THE MOVIES – The Soundtrack To YOUR Life – Vol. 1: Movie Hits Of The 80’s
TONY MITCHELL – Church Of A Restless Soul
RAMOS – My Many Sides
ARCTIC RAIN – The One
ENUFF Z’NUFF – Brainwashed Generation
TOKYO MOTOR FIST – Lions
VEGA – Grit Your Teeth
HOUSE OF LORDS – New World – New Eyes
FM – Synchronized
ONE DESIRE – Midnight Empire
DEVICIOUS – Phase Three
CAPTAIN BLACK BEARD – Sonic Forces
KHYMERA – Master Of Illusions
HAREM SCAREM – Change The World
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA – Aeromantic
WAITING FOR MONDAY – Waiting For Monday
H.E.A.T – II
PASSION – Passion
REVOLUTION SAINTS – Rise
AUTUMN’S CHILD – Autumn’s Child
MAGNUM – The Serpent Rings
Melodic Rock Reviews 2019
HOUSE OF SHAKIRA – Radiocarbon
EDGE OF FOREVER – Native Soul
DEGREED – Lost Generation
ART NATION – Transition
ECLIPSE – Paradigm
BLOCK BUSTER – Losing Gravity
PHIL LANZON – 48 Seconds
TONY MILLS – Beyond The Law
FIRST SIGNAL – Line Of Fire
CRAZY LIXX – Forever Wild
HARDLINE – Life
GYPSY ROSE – Reloaded
CATS IN SPACE – Daytrip To Narnia
MIKAEL ERLANDSSON – Capricorn Six
DeVICIOUS – Reflections
BLOOD RED SAINTS – Pulse
GATHERING OF KINGS – First Mission
Melodic Rock Reviews 2018
DEVIL’S HAND – Devil’s Hand
JOHNNY GIOELI – One Voice
JEAN BEAUVOIR – Rock Masterpieces Vol. 2
DAN REED NETWORK – Origins
NORDIC UNION – Second Coming
BONFIRE – Legends
MIDNITE CITY – There Goes The Nighbourhood
TREAT – Tunguska
AIRRACE – Untold Stories
ENUFF Z’NUFF – Diamond Boy
KING COMPANY – Queen Of Hearts
TWO OF A KIND – Rise
VON BALTZER – Cultural Daze
JEAN BEAUVOIR – Rock Masterpieces Vol. 1
BIG CITY – Big City Life
SUNSTORM – The Road To Hell
TNT – XIII
HARTMANN – Hands On The Wheel
3.2 – The Rules Have Changed
VEGA – Only Human
PERFECT PLAN – All Rise
UNIVERSE INFINITY – Rock Is Alive
BONFIRE – Temple Of Lies
FM – Atomic Generation
W.E.T. – Earthrage
PHIL LANZON – If You Think I’m Crazy
SHIRAZ LANE – Carnival Days
DUKES OF THE ORIENT – Dukes Of The Orient
REACH – The Great Divine
Johan Kihlberg’s IMPERA – Age Of Discovery
THE POODLES – Prisma
MAGNUM – Lost On The Road To Eternity
AMMUNITION – Ammunition
BLOOD RED SAINTS – Love Hate Conspiracies
Melodic Rock Reviews 2017
EISLEY / GOLDY – Blood, Guts And Games
JONO – Life
JEFF SCOTT SOTO – Retribution
PHANTOM V – Play II Win
REVOLUTION SAINTS – Light In The Dark
AUTOGRAPH – Get Off Your Ass
H.E.A.T. – Into The Great Unknown
MARTINA EDOFF – We Will Align
KEE OF HEARTS – Kee Of Hearts
DEGREED – Degreed
WORLD TRADE – Unify
THE NIGHTS – The Nights
KRYPTONITE – Kryptonite
MR BIG – Defying Gravity
CHEAP TRICK – We’re All Alright
MARK SLAUGHTER – Halfway There
SNAKECHARMER – Second Skin
HAREM SCAREM – United
CRAZY LIXX – Ruff Justice
HOUSE OF LORDS – Saint Of The Lost Souls
ECLIPSE – Monumentum
NIGHT RANGER – Don’t Let Up
PLACE VENDOME – Close To The Sun
TOKYO MOTOR FIST – Tokyo Motor Fist
Melodic Rock Reviews 2016
GRAHAM BONNET BAND – The Book
DARIO MOLLO’S CROSSBONES – Rock The Cradle
ENUFF Z’NUFF – Clowns Lounge
HARDLINE – Human Nature
TYKETTO – Reach
KEE MARCELLO – Scaling Up
MITCH MALLOY – Making Noise
KING COMPANY – One For The Road
CIRCA – Valley Of The Windmill
CRAZY LIXX – Sound Of The LIVE Minority
TEMPT – Runaway
DAN REED NETWORK – Fight Another Day
ERIKA – Deaf, Dumb And Blonde
VIOLET JANINE – Between Red And Blue
PHANTOM V – Phantom V
VEGA – Who We Are
CHEAP TRICK – Bang Zoom Crazy Hello
TREAT – Ghost Of Graceland
LEE AARON – Fire And Gasoline
RECKLESS LOVE – InVADER
MAGNUM – Sacred Blood “Divine” Lies
NORDIC UNION – Nordic Union
Melodic Rock Reviews 2015
DEF LEPPARD – Def Leppard
JOEL HOEKSTRA’S 13 – Dying To Live
MARTINA EDOFF – Unity
CASABLANCA – Miskatonic Graffiti
Nalle Påhlsson’s ROYAL MESS – Royal Mess
JONO – Silence
DEGREED – Dead But Not Forgotten
TRIXTER – Human Era
HOUSE OF LORDS – Indestructible
MARK SLAUGHTER – Reflections In A Rear View Mirror
BONFIRE – Glörious
THE POODLES – Devil In The Details
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL REBELS & THE SUNSET STRIP – Volume 1
GUN – Frantic
ECLIPSE – Armageddonize
H.E.A.T. – Live In London
Age Sten Nilsen’s AMMUNITION – Shanghaied
IMPERA – Empire Of Sin
Melodic Rock Reviews 2014
HAREM SCAREM – Thirteen
GRAND DESIGN – Thrill Of The Night
SIXX A.M. – Modern Vintage
MR. BIG – …The Stories We Could Tell
X-DRIVE – Get Your Rock On
NIGHT RANGER – High Road
MICHAEL SWEET – I’m Not Your Suicide
H.E.A.T. – Tearing Down The Walls
MAGNUM – Escape From The Shadow Garden
HOUSE OF LORDS – Precious Metal
PRETTY WILD – Pretty Wild
Melodic Rock Reviews 2013
IMPERA – Pieces Of Eden
RECKLESS LOVE – Spirit
FM – Rockville II
THE POODLES – Tour De Force
BAI BANG – All Around The World
SNAKECHARMER – Snakecharmer
FM – Rockville
Melodic Rock Reviews 2012
JACK BLADES – Rock n’ Roll Ride
TYKETTO – Dig In Deep
TRIXTER – New Audio Machine
WIG WAM – Wall Street
MEAT LOAF – Hell In A Handbasket
BAI BANG – Livin’ My Dream
BEGGARS & THIEVES – We Are The Brokenhearted
HARDLINE – Danger Zone
IMPERA – Legacy Of Life
JETTBLACK – Raining Rock
NUBIAN ROSE – Mountain
RICHIE SAMBORA – Aftermath Of The Lowdown
MAGNUM – On The 13th Day
GREEN DAY – !UNO!
GREEN DAY – !Dos!
GREEN DAY – !Tré!
Melodic Rock Reviews 2011
HOUSE OF LORDS – Big Money
BONFIRE – Branded
MAGNUM – The Visitation
MR BIG – What If…
THE POODLES – Performocracy
Melodic Rock Reviews 2010
UNRULY CHILD – Worlds Collide
CRAZY LIXX – New Religion
BAD CITY – Welcome To The Wasteland
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE – Danger Days – The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys
PHENOMENA – Blind Faith
CHRIS LANEY – Only Come Out At Night
TREAT – Coup De Grace
MEAT LOAF – Hang Cool Teddy Bear
Melodic Rock Reviews 2009
GRAND DESIGN – Time Elevation
AOR
AOR Reviews 2023
RICK SPRINGFIELD – Automatic
KENT HILLI – Nothing Left To Lose
MITCH MALLOY – The Last Song
CRY OF DAWN – Anthropocene
SEVENTH CRYSTAL – Wonderland
CREYE – III: Weightless
ARCTIC RAIN – Unity
ISSA – Lights Of Japan
AUTUMN’S CHILD – Starflower
AOR Reviews 2022
CAPTAIN BLACK BEARD – Neon Sunrise
CATS IN SPACE – Kickstart The Sun
PALACE – One 4 The Road
JOURNEY – Freedom
CHEZ KANE – Powerzone
JEFF SCOTT SOTO – Complicated
GATHERING OF KINGS – Enigmatic
FIRST SIGNAL – Closer To The Edge
DARE – Road To Eden
FIND ME – Lightning In A Bottle
LIONVILLE – So Close To Heaven
AUTUMN’S CHILD – Zenith
AOR Reviews 2021
GROUNDBREAKER – Soul To Soul
JIM PETERIK & WORLD STAGE – Tigress: Women Who Rock The World
BAD HABIT – Autonomy
HOUSTON – IV
ROBIN RED – Robin Red
CRUZH – Tropical Thunder
BLOOD RED SAINTS – Undisputed
NESTOR – Kids In A Ghost Town
KENT HILLI – The Rumble
DENNIS DeYOUNG – East 26: Vol 2
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA – Aeromantic II
SEVENTH CRYSTAL – Delirium
GARY HUGHES – Waterside
ISSA – Queen Of Broken Hearts
AUTUMN’S CHILD – Angel’s Gate
CREYE – II
AOR Reviews 2020
MAGIC DANCE – Remnants
PALACE – Rock And Roll Radio
UNRULY CHILD – Our Glass House
CATS IN SPACE – Atlantis
STAN BUSH – Dare To Dream
ANGELICA – All I Am
ROB MORATTI – Paragon
PRIDE OF LIONS – Lion Heart
LANDFALL – The Turning Point
PERFECT PLAN – Time For A Miracle
LIONVILLE – Magic Is Alive
DUKES OF THE ORIENT – Freakshow
DENNIS DEYOUNG – East 26: Volume 1
GATHERING OF KINGS – Discovery
DECARLO – Lightning Strikes Twice
EASY ACTION – That Makes One (Remastered)
AOR Reviews 2019
LOVEKILLERS feat. Tony Harnell – Lovekillers
WORK OF ART – Exhibits
AGE OF REFLECTION – A New Dawn
THE DEFIANTS – Zokusho
JIMI ANDERSON GROUP – I Belong
SOLEIL MOON – Warrior
UNRULY CHILD – Big Blue World
ROB MORATTI – Renaissance
X-ROMANCE – Voices From The Past
MICHAEL THOMPSON BAND – Love & Beyond
JIM PETERIK & WORLD STAGE – Winds Of Change
FORTUNE – II
FIND ME – Angels In Blue
TOBY HITCHCOCK – Reckoning
AOR Reviews 2018
MAGIC DANCE – New Eyes
PALACE – Binary Music
STATE OF SALAZAR – Superhero
CARE OF NIGHT – Love Equals War
TEN – ILLUMINATI
KENNY LECKREMO – Spectra
CREYE – Creye
HANK ERIX – Nothing But Trouble
STEVE PERRY – Traces
SNAKES IN PARADISE – Step Into The Light
GROUNDBREAKER – Groundbreaker
TASTE – Moral Decay
DeVICIOUS – Never Say Never
THE RADIO SUN – Beautiful Strange
CLIF MAGNESS – Lucky Dog
GIOELI-CASTRONOVO – Set The World On Fire
DARE – Out Of The Silence II
IMPERIUM – Beyond The Stars
PRAYING MANTIS – Gravity
HEARTWIND – Higher And Higher
ISSA – Run With The Pack
JAMES CHRISTIAN – Craving
JARI TIURA – King Of Lions
NO HOT ASHES – No Hot Ashes
LAST AUTUMN’S DREAM – Fourteen
PAL – Prime
AOR Reviews 2017
RAINTIMES – Raintimes
HOUSTON – III
DANTE FOX – Six String Revolver
WILDNESS – Wildness
ROBIN BECK – Love Is Coming
STAN BUSH – Change The World
CATS IN SPACE – Scarecrow
TEN – Gothica
ALL 4 1 – The World’s Best Hope
UNRULY CHILD – Can’t Go Home
ONE DESIRE – One Desire
JIM JIDHED – Push On Through
LIONVILLE – A World Of Fools
PRIDE OF LIONS – Fearless
LAST AUTUMN’S DREAM – In Disguise
AOR Reviews 2016
ROTH BROCK PROJECT – Roth Brock Project
CRY OF DAWN Featuring Goran Edman – Cry Of Dawn
SEVEN – Shattered
PALACE – Master Of The Universe
CRUZH – Cruzh
DARE – Sacred Ground
FIRST SIGNAL – One Step Over The Line
SUNSTORM – Edge Of Tomorrow
TED POLEY – Beyond The Fade
DRIVE, SHE SAID – Pedal To The Metal
THE DEFIANTS – The Defiants
LAST AUTUMN’S DREAM – Paintings
RICK SPRINGFIELD – Rocket Science
AOR Reviews 2015
BLOOD RED SAINTS – Speedway
FIND ME – Dark Angel
JEFF BROWN – 23 Years
CATS IN SPACE – Too Many Gods
BON JOVI – Burning Bridges
KELLY KEELING – Mind Radio
BEAUVOIR / FREE – American Trash
TEN – Isla De Muerta
NELSON – Peace Out!
ROMEO’S DAUGHTER – Spin
FM – Heroes And Villains
TOTO – XIV
ISSA – Crossfire
REACH – Reach Out To Rock
REVOLUTION SAINTS – Revolution Saints
LAST AUTUMN’S DREAM – Level Eleven
AOR Reviews 2014
DALTON – Pit Stop
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY – Falling Back To Earth
MARTINA EDOFF – Martina Edoff
ALIEN – Eternity
ANETTE OLZON – Shine
ASIA – Gravitas
AOR Reviews 2013
ANGELICA – Thrive
BOSTON – Life, Love And Hope
PLACE VENDOME – Thunder In The Distance
HOUSTON – II
ROBIN BECK – Underneath
LAST AUTUMN’S DREAM – Ten Tangerine Tales
COVERED CALL – Impact
JAMES CHRISTIAN – Lay It All On Me
BON JOVI – What About Now
W.E.T. – Rise Up
AOR Reviews 2012
JEFF SCOTT SOTO – Damage Control
LAST AUTUMN’S DREAM – Nine Lives
H.E.A.T. – Address The Nation
PHENOMENA – Awakening
ASIA – XXX
RICK SPRINGFIELD – Songs For The End Of The World
ISSA – Can’t Stop
AOR Reviews 2011
ISSA – The Storm
MITCH MALLOY – MM II
SHY – Shy
FIONA – Unbroken
CHRIS OUSEY – Rhyme And Reason
STRANGEWAYS – Age Of Reason
JOURNEY – Eclipse
ROBIN BECK – The Great Escape
ROB MORATTI – Victory
LAST AUTUMN’S DREAM – Yes
BAD HABIT – Atmosphere
AOR Reviews 2010
NELSON – Lightning Strikes Twice
ISSA – Sign Of Angels
H.E.A.T. – Freedom Rock
ASIA – Omega
Metal
Metal Reviews 2023
K.K.’S PRIEST – The Sinner Rides Again
U.D.O. – Touchdown
METALLICA – 72 Seasons
ARCHON ANGEL – II
IN FLAMES – Foregone
LIV SIN – KaliYuga
Johan Kihlberg’s IMPERA – Scandinavium Alive
Metal Reviews 2022
CANDLEMASS – Sweet Evil Sun
DISTURBED – Divisive
THRESHOLD – Dividing Lines
DEVIN TOWNSEND – Lightwork
THERION – Leviathan II
JOE LYNN TURNER – Belly Of The Beast
AVATARIUM – Death, Where Is Your Sting
AVANTASIA – A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society
STRYPER – The Final Battle
QUEENSRŸCHE – Digital Noise Alliance
TERAMAZE – Flight Of The Wounded
SLIPKNOT – The End, So Far
ALLEN/OLZON – Army Of Dreamers
OZZY OSBOURNE – Patient Number 9
MEGADETH – The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead
CLEANBREAK – Coming Home
SHINEDOWN – Planet Zero
KREATOR – Hate Über Alles
SEVENTH WONDER – The Testament
HALESTORM – Back From The Dead
DYNAZTY – Final Advent
EVERGREY – A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament)
NEW HORIZON – Gate Of The Gods
DAMPF – The Arrival
STAR ONE – Revel In Time
HAMMERFALL – Hammer Of Dawn
SAXON – Carpe Diem
THE FERRYMEN – One More River To Cross
BATTLE BEAST – Circus Of Doom
Metal Reviews 2021
BEAST IN BLACK – Dark Connection
U.D.O. – Game Over
DREAM THEATER – A View From The Top Of The World
LORDS OF BLACK – Alchemy Of Souls: Part 2
TERAMAZE – And The Beauty They Perceive
K.K’s PRIEST – Sermons Of The Sinner
ANETTE OLZON – Strong
IRON MAIDEN – Senjutsu
LAURENNE / LOUHIMO – The Reckoning
DEE SNIDER – Leave A Scar
THE SONIC OVERLORDS – Last Days Of Babylon
HELLOWEEN – Helloween
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER – Brother Against Brother
SUNBOMB – Evil And Divine
ICON OF SIN – Icon Of Sin
SWEET OBLIVION feat. GEOFF TATE – Relentless
ROB ZOMBIE – The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy
SECRET SPHERE – Lifeblood
HEART HEALER – The Metal Opera By Magnus Karlsson
EVERGREY – Escape Of The Phoenix
SIMULACRUM – Genesis
DURBIN – The Beast Awakens
Johan Kihlberg’s IMPERA – Spirit Of Alchemy
ACCEPT – Too Mean To Die
PHANTOM ELITE – Titanium
LABŸRINTH – Welcome To The Absurd Circus
THERION – Leviathan
Metal Reviews 2020
SCULPTOR – Untold Secrets
PERSUADER – Necromancy
VANDEN PLAS – The Ghost Xperiment: Illumination
FATES WARNING – Long Day Good Night
ETERNAL IDOL – Renaissance
LORDS OF BLACK – Alchemy Of Souls: Part 1
SINNER’S BLOOD – The Mirror Star
DGM – Tragic Separation
AYREON – Transitus
WARD XVI – Metamorphosis
RISING STEEL – Fight Them All
PRIMAL FEAR – Metal Commando
U.D.O. – We Are 1
Magnus Karlsson’s FREE FALL – We Are The Night
PARALYDIUM – Worlds Beyond
HER CHARIOT AWAITS – Her Chariot Awaits
NIGHTWISH – Human: II :Nature
TESTAMENT – Titans Of Creation
SEMBLANT – Obscura
NOVENA – Eleventh Hour
ALLEN/OLZON – Worlds Apart
DYNAZTY – The Dark Delight
OZZY OSBOURNE – Ordinary Man
SEVEN SPIRES – Emerald Seas
ARCHON ANGEL – Fallen
SONS OF APOLLO – MMXX
Metal Reviews 2019
THE MURDER OF MY SWEET – Brave Tin World
AVATARIUM – The Fire I Long For
BOMBUS – Vulture Culture
EDGE OF PARADISE – Universe
VANDEN PLAS – The Ghost Xperiment: Awakening
THE FERRYMEN – A New Evil
MICHAEL SWEET – Ten
SKYBLOOD – Skyblood
OPETH – In Cauda Venenum
KOBRA AND THE LOTUS – Evolution
LIV SIN – Burning Sermons
HAMMERFALL – Dominion
DESTRUCTION – Born To Perish
THE DARK ELEMENT – Songs The Night Sings
ARDOURS – Last Place On Earth
Sascha Paeth’s MASTERS OF CEREMONY – Signs Of Wings
SLIPKNOT – We Are Not Your Kind
NARNIA – From Darkness To Light
CHAOS MAGIC featuring Caterina Nix – Furyborn
TIMO TOLKKI’S AVALON – Return To Eden
SWEET OBLIVION feat. GEOFF TATE – Sweet Oblivion
SOTO – Origami
MYRATH – Shehili
DEVIN TOWNSEND – Empath
BATTLE BEAST – No More Hollywood Endings
IN FLAMES – I, The Mask
QUEENSRŸCHE – The Verdict
SPIRITS OF FIRE – Spirits Of Fire
DREAM THEATER – Distance Over Time
AVANTASIA – Moonglow
BEAST IN BLACK – From Hell With Love
WITHIN TEMPTATION – Resist
EVERGREY – The Atlantic
Metal Reviews 2018
DISTURBED – Evolution
SUNFLOWER DEAD – Coma
IMPELLITTERI – The Nature Of The Beast
SEVENTH WONDER – Tiara
MAXXWELL – Metalized
DYNAZTY – Firesign
U.D.O. – Steelfactory
ALICE IN CHAINS – Rainier Fog
PRIMAL FEAR – Apocalypse
DEE SNIDER – For The Love Of Metal
HALESTORM – Vicious
FREE FROM SIN – II
DESTINIA – Metal Souls
NULL’O’ZERO – Instructions To Dominate
REFUGE – Solitary Men
Amanda Somerville’s TRILLIUM – Tectonic
LORDI – Sexorcism
LORDS OF BLACK – Icons Of The New Days
DIMMU BORGIR – Eonian
KOBRA AND THE LOTUS – Prevail II
QFT – Live In Space
STRYPER – God Damn Evil
MAVERICK – Cold Star Dancer
JUDAS PRIEST – Firepower
SAXON – Thunderbolt
LOUDNESS – Rise To Glory
Mike LePond’s SILENT ASSASSINS – Pawn And Prophecy
LIONE CONTI – Lione Conti
Metal Reviews 2017
OPERATION: MINDCRIME – The New Reality
THE DARK ELEMENT – The Dark Element
MADAM X – Monstrocity
SONS OF APOLLO – Psychotic Symphony
THRESHOLD – Legends Of The Shires
ACCEPT – The Rise Of Chaos
WARD XVI – The Art Of Manipulation
SECRET SPHERE – The Nature Of Time
THE FERRYMEN – The Ferrymen
AVATARIUM – Hurricanes And Halos
DRAGONFORCE – Reaching Into Infinity
KOBRA AND THE LOTUS – Prevail I
LIV SIN – Follow Me
AYREON – The Source
LABŸRINTH – Architecture Of A God
BATTLE BEAST – Bringer Of Pain
THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM – The Doomsday Kingdom
TOMMY VITALY – Indivisible
THE MURDER OF MY SWEET – Echoes Of The Aftermath
KREATOR – Gods Of Violence
Metal Reviews 2016
IN FLAMES – Battles
CIVIL WAR – The Last Full Measure
ETERNAL IDOL – The Unrevealed Secret
METALLICA – Hardwired… To Self Destruct
HAMMERFALL – Built To Last
TESTAMENT – Brotherhood Of The Snake
AVENGED SEVENFOLD – The Stage
HEAVEN BELOW – Good Morning Apocalypse
ALTER BRIDGE – The Last Hero
OPERATION: MINDCRIME – Resurrection
EVERGREY – The Storm Within
OPETH – Sorceress
PAIN – Coming Home
DGM – The Passage
CAGE9 – Illuminator
MICHAEL SWEET – One Sided War
TARJA – The Shadow Self
ANOTHER LOST YEAR – Alien Architecht
TRICK OR TREAT – Rabbits’ Hill Pt 2
WOLF HOFFMANN – Headbanger’s Symphony
FATES WARNING – Theories Of Flight
TARJA – The Brightest Void
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN – World On Fire
LACUNA COIL – Delirium
ROB ZOMBIE – The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser
DYNAZTY – Titanic Mass
SOTO – Divak
LORDS OF BLACK – II
CIRCUS MAXIMUS – Havoc
BOMBUS – Repeat Until Death
DREAM THEATER – The Astonishing
HERETIC’S DREAM – Floating State Of Mind
AVANTASIA – Ghostlights
MEGADETH – Dystopia
PRIMAL FEAR – Rulebreaker
Metal Reviews 2015
SUNFLOWER DEAD – It’s Time To Get Weird
GRAVESHADOW – Nocturnal Resurrection
REVERENCE – Gods Of War
AVATARIUM – The Girl With The Raven Mask
SAXON – Battering Ram
STRYPER – Fallen
THE PARALYDIUM PROJECT – The Paralydium Project
QUEENSRŸCHE – Condition Hüman
DARKYRA BLACK – Fool
OPERATION : MINDCRIME – The Key
SLAYER – Repentless
QUOR – Human Paradigm
IRON MAIDEN – The Book Of Souls
THE MURDER OF MY SWEET – Beth Out Of Hell
DISTURBED – Immortalized
GUS G – Brand New Revolution
SYMPHONY X – Underworld
DYED IN GREY – The Forgotten Sequence
EXORCISM – World In Sin
HELLOWEEN – My God-Given Right
KILLER – Monsters Of Rock
SIDEBURN – Evil Or Divine
CIVIL WAR – Gods And Generals
BLACKWELDER – Survival Of The Fittest
VENREZ – Children Of The Drones
APOCALYPTICA – Shadowmaker
HALESTORM – Into The Wild Life
NIGHTWISH – Endless Forms Most Beautiful
SOTO – Inside The Vertigo
U.D.O. – Decadent
MARILYN MANSON – The Pale Emperor
CRUNGE – Hostile Grounds
BATTLE BEAST – Unholy Savior
Metal Reviews 2014
SLIPKNOT – 5 : The Gray Chapter
SISTER SIN – Black Lotus
THRESHOLD – For The Journey
EVERGREY – Hymns For The Broken
IN FLAMES – Siren Charms
HAMMERFALL – (r) Evolution
OPETH – Pale Communion
ACCEPT – Blind Rage
SKID ROW – Rise Of The Damnation Army : United World Rebellion Chapter 2
JUDAS PRIEST – Redeemer Of Souls
THE DAGGER – The Dagger
LACUNA COIL – Broken Crown Halo
GUS G – I Am The Fire
RONNIE JAMES DIO – This Is Your Life
FATAL SMILE – White Trash Heroes
SEBASTIAN BACH – Give ‘Em Hell
DYNAZTY – Renatus
WITHIN TEMPTATION – Hydra
Metal Reviews 2013
KILLERSMILE – Overpower
AVATARIUM – Avatarium
SATYRICON – Satyricon
FATES WARNING – Darkness In A Different Light
ALTER BRIDGE – Fortress
DREAM THEATER – Dream Theater
SOIL – Whole
JAMES LaBRIE – Impermanent Resonance
AVENGED SEVENFOLD – Hail To The King
WATAIN – The Wild Hunt
TARJA – Colours In The Dark
DEATH DEALER – Warmaster
PAMELA MOORE – Resurrect Me
MASTERPLAN – Novum Initium
QUEENSRŸCHE – Queensrÿche
CIVIL WAR – The Killer Angels
BLACK SABBATH – 13
SKID ROW – United World Rebellion: Chapter One
MEGADETH – Super Collider
ALICE IN CHAINS – The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
U.D.O. – Steelhammer
VINDICTIV – Cage Of Infinity
QUEENSRYCHE – Frequency Unknown
ROB ZOMBIE – Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor
LUDOR – 777 – The New 666
AVANTASIA – The Mystery Of Time
SAXON – Sacrifice
MAXINE PETRUCCI – Back To The Garden
COHEED & CAMBRIA – Afterman: The Descension
SNAKESKIN ANGELS – Follow The Snake To The Core
HELLOWEEN – Straight Out Of Hell
Metal Reviews 2012
MEGADETH – Thirteen
NIGHTWISH – Imaginaerum
UNISONIC – Unisonic
ARJEN ANTHONY LUCASSEN – Lost In The New Real
FATAL SMILE – 21st Century Freaks
SHINEDOWN – Amaryllis
MARILYN MANSON – Born Villain
THE MURDER OF MY SWEET – Bye Bye Lullaby
MANOWAR – The Lord Of Steel
HERMAN FRANK – Right In The Guts
TESTAMENT – Dark Roots Of Earth
KATATONIA – Dead End Kings
THRESHOLD – March Of Progress
ACCEPT – Stalingrad
COHEED & CAMBRIA – The Afterman: Ascension
ARANDA – Stop The World
THERION – Les Fleurs Du Mal
SISTER SIN – Now And Forever
TOMMY VITALY – Hanging Rock
YNGWIE J MALMSTEEN’S RISING FORCE – Spellbound
Metal Reviews 2011
SEBASTIAN BACH – Kicking And Screaming
EVANESCENCE – Evanescence
LACUNA COIL – Dark Adrenaline
SYMPHONY X – Iconoclast
QUEENSRŸCHE – Dedicated To Chaos
SAXON – Call To Arms
SPARZANZA – Folie Á Cinq
HAMMERFALL – Infected
WITHIN TEMPTATION – The Unforgiving
EVERGREY – Glorious Collision
Metal Reviews 2010
METHODS OF MAYHEM – A Public Disservice Annoucement
HALFORD – IV – Made Of Metal
HELLOWEEN – 7 Sinners
DIMMU BORGIR – Abrahadabra
ACCEPT – Blood Of The Nations
DISTURBED – Asylum
KHOMA – A Final Storm
THERION – Sitra Ahra
AVANTASIA – Angel Of Babylon
TARJA – What Lies Beneath
AVANTASIA – The Wicked Symphony
AVENGED SEVENFOLD – Nightmare
SISTER SIN – True Sound Of The Underground
OZZY OSBOURNE – Scream
MASTERPLAN – Time To Be King
WATAIN – Lawless Darkness
IRON MAIDEN – The Final Frontier
Metal Reviews 2009
THREE DAYS GRACE – Life Starts Now
Festivals
Festival Reviews 2023
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 2023
Wednesday 7th June
Thursday 8th June
Friday 9th June
Saturday 10th June
Festival Reviews 2022
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 2022
Wednesday 8th June
Thursday 9th June
Friday 10th June
Saturday 11th June
Festival Reviews 2020
Festival Reviews 2019
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 2019
Wednesday 5th June
Thursday 6th June
Friday 7th June
Saturday 8th June
Festival Reviews 2018
ROCK CITY STOCKHOLM 2018
2018-04-27
2018-04-28
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 2018
Wednesday 6th June
Thursday 7th June 2018
Friday 8th June 2018
Saturday 9th June 2018
Festival Reviews 2017
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 2017
Wednesday 7th June
Thursday 8th June
Friday 9th June
Saturday 10th June
Festival Reviews 2016
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 2016
Wednesday 8th June 2016
Thursday 9th June 2016
Friday 10th June 2016
Saturday 11th June 2016
Festival Reviews 2015
VÄSBY ROCK FESTIVAL 2015
Friday 17th July
Saturday 18th July
Sweden Rock Festival 2015
Wednesday 3rd June
Thursday 4th June
Friday 5th June
Saturday 6th June
Festival Reviews 2014
Sweden Rock Festival 2014
Saturday 7th June
Friday 6th June
Thursday 5th June
Wednesday 4th June
Väsby Rock 2014
Friday 18th July
Saturday 19th July
Festival Reviews 2013
Väsby Rock 2013
Dynazty
Impera
Casablanca
Sister Sin
Civil War
Fatal Smile
H.E.A.T.
Corroded
Sweden Rock Festival 2013
Wednesday 5th June
Thursday 6th June
Friday 7th June
Saturday 8th June
Festival Reviews 2012
Sweden Rock Festival 2012
Wednesday 6th June
Thursday 7th June
Friday 8th June
Saturday 9th June
Festival Reviews 2011
The Big 4, Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2011-07-03
Sweden Rock Festival 2011
Wednesday 8th June
Thursday 9th June
Friday 10th June
Saturday 11th June
Festival Reviews 2010
Sweden Rock Festival 2010
Wednesday 9th June
Thursday 10th June
Friday 11th June
Saturday 12th June
Gigs
Gig Reviews 2022
KISS + Nestor – Tele2 Arena, Stockholm 2022-06-18
RONNIE ATKINS – Slakthuset, Stockholm – 2022-05-23
Gig Reviews 2020
Gig Reviews 2019
TREAT – Fryshuset Klubben, Stockholm, 2019-10-26
Y&T – Slaktkyrkan, Stockholm, 2019-10-13
ALICE COOPER / BLACK STONE CHERRY – HOVET, STOCKHOLM 2019-09-27
AVANTASIA – Fryshuset, Arenan, Stockholm 2019-05-02
Gig Reviews 2018
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA – Oracle Arena, Berkeley, Oakland, CA 2018-11-28
Gig Reviews 2017
KISS / RavenEye / Heavy Tiger – Tele2 Arena, Stockholm 2017-05-06
Gig Reviews 2016
Y&T – Göta Källare, Stockholm, 2016-09-30
TREAT, Klubben, Stockholm 2016 – 04 – 30
Gig Reviews 2015
ROBIN BECK / Captain Black Beard, Göta Källare, Stockholm, 2015-05-24
AC/DC, Friends Arena, Stockholm, 2015-07-19
Y&T – Debaser Medis, Stockholm, 2015-10-09
TOM KEIFER – Debaser Medis, Stockholm 2015-10-12
DAN REED NETWORK + Locomotive, Göta Källare, Stockholm, 2015-10-27
Gig Reviews 2014
KING DIAMOND – Gröna Lund, Stockholm – 25th July
ELECTRIC BOYS – Funk – o – Metal Carpet Ride 25th Anniversary Concert, Debaser Medis, Stockholm 2014-12-20
ACCEPT – Debaser Medis, Stockholm 2014-09-30
Gig Reviews 2013
BLACK STAR RIDERS ( + THE GLORIA STORY / REDS’ COOL) – Debaser Medis, Stockholm 2013-11-10)
QUEENSRŸCHE (+ CIVIL WAR) – Tyrol, Stockholm 2013-11-06
Y&T – Debaser Medis, Stockholm, 2013-10-24
ROCK OF AGES – Chinateatern, Stockholm 2013-10-19
DAN REED NETWORK, Debaser Hornstull, Stockholm, 2013-10-10
SHOTGUN + SISTER SIN, Klubben, Stockholm 2013-09-21
DAN REED BAND – Gröna Lund, Stockholm, 2013-06-24
Gig Reviews 2012
The Twins Of Evil – Marilyn Manson & Rob Zombie
Gig Reviews 2011
CINDERELLA / Badmouth / Hollywood Vampires – Fryshuset, Klubben, Stockholm, Sweden 2011-06-20
TREAT / Houston / Treadstone – Debaser Medis, Stockholm, Sweden 2011-04-21
Gig Reviews 2010
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Classic Rock Reviews 2018
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